Prayer joined to sacrifice constitutes the most powerful force in human history.St. John Paul II

I have a mustard seed; and I am not afraid to use it. (Habeo granum sinapis quod uti non timeo)Pope Benedict XVI

But I feel the greatest destroyer of peace today is abortion, because it is a direct war, a direct killing, direct murder by the mother herself."Bld. Mother Teresa of Calcutta

Saturday, July 6, 2013

Reading and Comprehension

We are the New Zealand Plain Catholics who's turn it is to monitor and answer questions from seekers at the Plain Catholic website. The number one question we get is: "Where are communities of Plain Catholics?" Of course, if they had completely read the webpage they would already know that answer.

Apparently the computer age has brought with it a new malady: shortness of attention. The ability to bounce from one subject to the next on a whim does not promote reading for comprehension or cognitive development. Thinking skills and the digestion of reading material are quickly becoming lost arts. Instead we find that people succumb to the whim of an emotional microsecond that directs the next place the cursor lands.

We would like to encourage everyone to put down the computer and spend at least 30 minutes a day of interrupted reading in Scriptures, the Church Fathers or other spiritually edifying book. After all, honeybees drink long and steadily at a flower filled with life-giving nectar. We too should stay awhile with books that edify us with the nectar of wisdom therein in order to improve the health of our spiritual walk.

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I am so overjoyed that now we have moved and given up television, my Jack spends a fair part of the day reading the Bible. We then talk about what he is reading and discussing things. It is something I have longed for for a very long time!

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We live Plain and Prayerful lives on wee farms in the mountains, valleys and the plains. We attend Mass, read, garden, raise bees and livestock, do carpentry, write, volunteer and most importantly Praise Our Lord Jesus for His Mercy, Love and Care for us through the Liturgy of the Hours, Lectio Divina and Scripture study. Plain Catholic families hope to raise more heritage breeds if God wills it.